Where does “auwyn” come from?

auwyn (Middle Welsh) comes from Proto-Brythonic *aβuɨn, from Latin habēna, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

Ancestry of “auwyn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonic*aβuɨnbridle, rein
2Latinhabēnathong, strap; shoestrings, shoelaces
3Latin-nus-an
4Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “auwyn

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós
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